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IAN HAMILTON’S MARCH. What We Have ». [1900] (Cohen A8) (Woods A5) The sequel to London to Ladysmith, this volume completes Churchill’s coverage of the Boer War, including the liberation of the Boer prison camp in Pretoria where he himself had been held. It describes the fighting march of Ian Hamilton’s mounted division from Bloemfontein ...
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Ian Hamilton's March was the second of Churchill's two books based on his newspaper despatches sent from the front in South Africa during the Boer War. In October 1899, the second Boer War erupted between the descendants of Dutch settlers in South Africa and the British.
8 de jul. de 2009 · Ian Hamilton's March: The Boer War. Paperback – July 8, 2009. This volume continues Churchill's reports on the South African War (see "London to Ladysmith via Pretoria"). The principle event covered in this book is the march of Lieutenant-General Ian Hamilton's column on the flank of Lord Roberts's main army from Bloemfontein to Pretoria.
- Winston S. Churchill
14 de oct. de 2013 · Ian Hamilton's March collects Churchill's later despatches as he marched alongside a column of the main British army from Bloemfontein to Pretoria. Published together, these books are a vivid eye-witness account of a landmark period in British Imperial History and an insightful chronicle of a formative experience by Britain's greatest war-time leader.
While London to Ladysmith via Pretoria had swiftly published Churchill's dispatches in the wake of his capture and escape, for Ian Hamilton's March "the texts of the originally published letters were more extensively revised and four letters were included which had never appeared in periodical form" (Cohen, A8.1.a, Vol. I, p.105).
Ian Hamilton's March is the second of Churchill's two books based on his dispatches sent from the front in South Africa. In October 1899, the second Boer War erupted in South Africa between the descendants of Dutch settlers and the British. As an adventure-seeking young cavalry officer and war correspondent, Churchill swiftly found himself in ...
